Reviews tagging 'Violence'

This Place: 150 Years Retold by Sonny Assu, Katherena Vermette, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Jen Storm, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Brandon Mitchell, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Richard Van Camp, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Chelsea Vowel

23 reviews

valeria_balzan's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

As it's common with anthologies of short stories, some are better than others, but overall all take on different moments in history where Indigenous people and communities were wronged.
The art style of all the stories is simply amazing and it shows that there has been a lot of love and effort put into this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Animal death

Different trigger warnings for different stories, but this is overall.

battybookworm's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

This was mainly an informative text about Indigenous history in Canada. It's beautifully illustrated and each other tells a compelling part of their history. Some specific ones that stood out to me were Rosie and the fight and speech against The Mackenzie Pipeline. Much of the book feels like a jumping off point, and I now have a list of other pieces to check out or historical events/figures to look into. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

jazhandz's review against another edition

hopeful medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Kidnapping specifically refers to the story Nimkii, which is about the Sixties Scoop and First Nations children being taken from their families.

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

An incredible collection of indigenous Canadians' histories. Each comic starts with an author blurb and a timeline of events present in or influencing the story. Canada's history of abusing indigenous people is sickeningly similar to how things have gone for the native people of the US. Whether you're familiar with indigenous history of Canada or want to start somewhere, this is an excellent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Sexual harassment

Residential schools, forced removal of indigenous children from their homes

piperlee's review

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

this collection brilliantly mixed timelines, statements from authors, and colorful comics to tell the stories of Indigenous peoples over the past 150 years. Each comic was just a glimpse into the time period/narrative the authors were sharing, but simultaneously brought clarity to the bigger picture of collective struggle and perseverance in the face of colonialism and state violence. This felt very accessible & will be one that sticks in my mind for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Minor: Cannibalism

justsomejerk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Genocide

achingallover's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

maryjames's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

maple_dove's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

jennikreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping